Senators press Kennedy to release details on Most Favored Nation drug deals

Kennedy hints at intended USPSTF reforms at Senate Finance Committee hearing

At the Senate Finance Committee hearing on April 22, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hinted at how he intends to reform the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a highly respected, independent organization that weighs evidence to make recommendations on screening for diseases.

April 24, 2026

Vol.52 No.16

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

CMS proposed rule would implement electronic prior authorization requirements for covered drugs in federal health plans

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the 2026 CMS Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs proposed rule, which aims to shorten care delays and improve transparency within federal health insurance programs by establishing electronic prior authorization, or ePA, requirements for covered prescription drugs and expedite federal response deadlines to ensure patients receive life-critical medications without administrative delay.

ACIP charter is renewed as meetings remain on indefinite hold

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, renewed its charter April 6. In an announcement in the Federal Register, new criteria for ACIP members were rolled out with a focus on “geographical balance” and a “balance of speciality areas.”

HHS Secretary Kennedy’s diet advice is heavy on meat and light on scientific consensus

The new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, or DGA, which inform federal nutrition policies, school meals, and public health education were announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this year.

April 08, 2026

News Analysis

HHS presents new protein-forward dietary guidelines, turning the food pyramid upside down
The Kennedy guidelines are mum on cancer risks associated with red meat and alcohol

Recently, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a video montage featuring himself shirtless in jeans, working out with Kid Rock. The duo is in a blue-lit grotto with a cold plunge and sauna. Set to Kid Rock’s “Bawitdaba” and intercut with a selection of patriotic imagery, the video ends with the two men in a hot tub, chugging what appears to be milk.

April 03, 2026

Vol.52 No.13

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

ACA Marketplace enrollees are pinched by steeper healthcare costs, KFF follow-up survey finds

Four out of five people returning to the ACA Marketplace say their healthcare costs are “higher,” compared to last year, according to a survey conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation in mid-February and early March. More than half of respondents reported these costs (premiums, deductibles, co-pays, or coinsurance) were “a lot higher.”

March 27, 2026

Vol.52 No.12

By Sara Willa Ernst

Senators press Kennedy to release details on Most Favored Nation drug deals

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Senators press Kennedy to release details on Most Favored Nation drug deals

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Kennedy hints at intended USPSTF reforms at Senate Finance Committee hearing

CMS proposed rule would implement electronic prior authorization requirements for covered drugs in federal health plans

ACIP charter is renewed as meetings remain on indefinite hold

HHS Secretary Kennedy’s diet advice is heavy on meat and light on scientific consensus

HHS presents new protein-forward dietary guidelines, turning the food pyramid upside downThe Kennedy guidelines are mum on cancer risks associated with red meat and alcohol

ACA Marketplace enrollees are pinched by steeper healthcare costs, KFF follow-up survey finds

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HHS presents new protein-forward dietary guidelines, turning the food pyramid upside down
The Kennedy guidelines are mum on cancer risks associated with red meat and alcohol